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  A Farewell to Arms

  Ernest Hemingway

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  A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (Italian: tenente) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel describes a love between the American expatriate and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley.

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  The Turn of the Screw

  Henry James

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  A haunting psychological novella where nothing is quite as it seems.
  
  A young governess is sent to a remote country estate to care for two orphaned children. What begins as a quiet responsibility soon turns unsettling as she senses a strange presence surrounding the house. The children's behavior and the growing tension raise disturbing questions about what is real and what may lie beneath the surface.
  
  As fear intensifies, the governess becomes determined to protect the children, even as uncertainty clouds her judgment. The story carefully blurs the line between reality and imagination, leaving readers questioning every detail.
  
  Rich in atmosphere and psychological depth, the novella explores themes of innocence, control, fear, and perception. Its ambiguity and suspense make it one of the most discussed ghost stories in literature.
  
  Written by Henry James, this classic continues to captivate readers with its subtle horror and lasting intrigue.
  
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  Curious Facts in the History of...

  Frank Cowan

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  Everything the nineteenth century believed about insects, collected by a man who could not stop: the beetle as omen, the bee in medicine, the locust as food, the spider in folk cure, with the classical sources quoted and the superstitions listed. Cowan was a physician, lawyer, journalist and antiquarian who once served as private secretary to President Andrew Johnson, and this is his monument — a compendium of what people knew, feared and ate. Fifty-two plates of painters such as Johan Christian Dahl and Thomas Malton carry the same antiquarian curiosity into the studio, the ruin and the sky.

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  Sard Harker

  John Masefield

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  Sard Harker by John Masefield is a remarkable novel that immerses readers in the thrilling world of seafaring and the transformative journey of its protagonist. Masefield, a masterful storyteller renowned for his vivid descriptions and poetic prose, delivers an enthralling narrative that combines adventure, romance, and the pursuit of redemption.Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, Sard Harker transports readers into a world of treacherous oceans, roaring waves, and the gritty life aboard merchant ships. The eponymous character, Sard Harker, is a complex and intriguing figure, haunted by his past and seeking solace on the high seas.

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  Heretics

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

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  Nothing more strangely indicates an enormous and silent evil of modern society than the extraordinary use which is made nowadays of the word "orthodox." In former days the heretic was proud of not being a heretic. It was the kingdoms of the world and the police and the judges who were heretics. He was orthodox. He had no pride in having rebelled against them; they had rebelled against him. The armies with their cruel security, the kings with their cold faces, the decorous processes of State, the reasonable processes of law—all these like sheep had gone astray. The man was proud of being orthodox, was proud of being right.

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  Scream at midnight

  JOSEPH PAYNE BRENNAN

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  I had decided to spend a leisurely summer in Europe, concentrating, if at all, on genealogical research. I went first to Ireland, journeying to Kilkenny where I unearthed a mine of legend and authentic lore concerning my remote Irish ancestors, the OBraonains, chiefs of Ui Duach in the ancient kingdom of Ossory. The Brennans (as the name was later spelled) lost their estates in the British confiscation under Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. The thieving Earl, I am happy to report, was subsequently beheaded in the Tower...FROM THE BOOKS.

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